Brembo Frustrations
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:39 pm
I just finished changing the 300 rear tire on my 04 SB.
When doing this, I noticed that one brake pad was almost gone and the other had very little wear at all. I put two new pads in and found the rear brakes to be very spongy. After looking closer, it was apparent the inner two pistons on the caliper were fully compressed and not moving out when the brake was pressed.
Took the caliper back off (did not disconnect the brake line), removed the brake pads. Using two small C-Clamps, I forced the outer two pistons back into the caliper and then applied some brake pressure to force the inner two pistons to come out of the caliper a little bit; maybe 0.150 inches. Reassembled the rear brake and now have a firm rear brake pedal. My guess is the next time I take the brakes apart I will find uneven wear once again. Anyone else experience this?
To further complicate this issue, I could not find any good information on obtaining a caliper rebuild kit. The caliper is a Brembo P/N 20671400 which has two 30mm and two 34mm pistons. Searching the Brembo websites I could not find that 20671400 in current information. I did find it in some older (mostly in Italian) documents.
Does anyone know of a source for these calipers or rebuild kits?
Does Brembo make a direct replacement caliper?
Wonder if the BH factory still sells that upgrade kit to replace the rear brake setup?
This website has many Brembo parts: https://www.oppracing.com/category/231- ... ent-parts/
Just for info, the brake pad P/Ns for my bike are:
Front EBC FA95HH
Rear EBC FA244HH
When doing this, I noticed that one brake pad was almost gone and the other had very little wear at all. I put two new pads in and found the rear brakes to be very spongy. After looking closer, it was apparent the inner two pistons on the caliper were fully compressed and not moving out when the brake was pressed.
Took the caliper back off (did not disconnect the brake line), removed the brake pads. Using two small C-Clamps, I forced the outer two pistons back into the caliper and then applied some brake pressure to force the inner two pistons to come out of the caliper a little bit; maybe 0.150 inches. Reassembled the rear brake and now have a firm rear brake pedal. My guess is the next time I take the brakes apart I will find uneven wear once again. Anyone else experience this?
To further complicate this issue, I could not find any good information on obtaining a caliper rebuild kit. The caliper is a Brembo P/N 20671400 which has two 30mm and two 34mm pistons. Searching the Brembo websites I could not find that 20671400 in current information. I did find it in some older (mostly in Italian) documents.
Does anyone know of a source for these calipers or rebuild kits?
Does Brembo make a direct replacement caliper?
Wonder if the BH factory still sells that upgrade kit to replace the rear brake setup?
This website has many Brembo parts: https://www.oppracing.com/category/231- ... ent-parts/
Just for info, the brake pad P/Ns for my bike are:
Front EBC FA95HH
Rear EBC FA244HH